洮

洮 U+6D2E, 洮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D2E ← 洭 [U+6D2D] CJK Unified Ideographs 洯 → [U+6D2F]

Translingual

Han character

洮 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水中一人 (ELMO), four-corner 3211₃, composition ⿰氵兆)

1. cleanse
2. name of a river in Gansu province (Tao River)
3. Tao town

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 622, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17408
• Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1613, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6D2E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		洮

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	洮	洮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	餘昭切	土刀切
Baxter	yew	thaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/	/tʰɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/	/tʰɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/	/tʰɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/	/tʰaw/
Li Rong	/iɛu/	/tʰɑu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/	/tʰɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/	/tʰɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	tāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4	tou1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	洮	洮	洮
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	16843	16846	16866
Phonetic component	兆	兆	兆
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	饕	陶	遙
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰaːw/	/*l'aːw/	/*lew/
Notes		淅

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táo (tao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao²
    • Yale: táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taur
    • Palladius: тао (tao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tou⁴
    • Yale: tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yew, thaw

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːw/, /*l'aːw/, /*lew/

Definitions

洮

1. (Classical) to wash one’s hands and face
2. Taohe River

Compounds

• 洮頮／洮颒 (táohuì)

 

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 洮

洮

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. cleanse
2. a river in Gansu province, a tributary of the Yellow River

Readings

• Go-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}、どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}

Usage notes

This character does not appear to be used in modern Japanese. Not listed in most Japanese references.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The character is listed in the Kanwa Dai Jisho of 1914,^[6] only giving on'yomi pronunciations, and the given citations are all from Chinese texts interpreted into Japanese using the 漢文訓読 (kanbun kundoku) method.

Compounds

• 洮(とう)汰(た) (tōta) (淘(とう)汰(た))
• 洮(とう)米(まい) (tōmai)

 

References

1. “洮”, in 漢字ぺディア‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
2. “洮”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
3. “洮”, in デジタル大辞泉‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
6. Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1269 (paper), page 685 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

洮 (eum 도 (do))

1. cleanse
2. river in Gansu province

Vietnamese

Han character

洮: Hán Nôm readings: rệu

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